Building construction



Nov. 4, 1930. F. H. HALSEY BUILDING CONSTRUCTION Original Filed Feb. 26, 1929 2 Sheets-$hefl l INVENTOR 1 3 90 15.

BY AZEZs'ey ATTOR N EY 1930. F. H. HALSEY BUILDING CONSTRUCTION Original Filed Feb. 26, 1929 2 Sheets-Shae? 2 INVENTOR J7??? H flal'e y V ATTORNEY Patented Nov. 4, 1930 UNITED STATES re rain?Q F EQ FIRED HALSEY, or TEXABKANA, ARKANSAS BUILDING oonstrarro'rron Application filed February 26, 1929, Serial No. 342,760. RenewedfSeptember 18, 1930.

My invention relates to building constructions, and more particularly to the construction of horizontal or vertical structures, such as floors, ceilings, roofs and walls.

'6 An object of the invention is to provide a building unit or panel which can be placed in operative position to form a building structure without the use of scaffolding, or

other temporary supports.

Further the invention provides a building construction embodying aplurality of 4 units to be supported from adjacent beams, so that a workman may be supported upon a portion of'the structure thus far completed while he is arranging other units in place to complete the structure.

The invention also contemplates a plurality of building units, which are designed to permit a floor and ceiling to be built at the same time, or either a floor or ceiling to be built, as desired. 7 Another object of the invention is to provide a building unit having suspension means for engagement with the usual building construction beams, so as to produce a continuous surface, such as a floor, ceiling, or

wall.

WVith the preceding and other objects and advantages in mind, the invention consists,

in the novel combination of elements, constructions and arrangement of parts and operations to be hereinafter more fully de scribed, claimed and illustrated inthe accompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure of a plurality of building construction beams, and having a number of my improved units suspended therefrom, Y

Fig. 2 is a view taken substantially on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1,

Fig. 3 is a perspective of the unit,

Fig. 4 is a longitudinal sectional view of a modification of the invention,

r Fig. 5 illustrates a unit like that disclosed in Fig. 1, but fashioned from any thin material such as for example sheet metal. I

. Referring to the em odiments of the invention disclosed in Figs. 1 to 3 inclusive, I'have disclosed aunit comprising a panel 1 is a fragmentary perspective 5 formed with upstandinghook elements or wings 6 and 7 which are adapted to rest upon the base flanges of conventional I- beams 8. The upper face ofithe hook elementis dished or concav-ed, as at 9, so that one end of the panel willfproject beyond the I-beam'with which thehook ,element 7 is engaged, and abut a shoulder or recess. 10 formed in the opposite end of the panel below the hook element 6. Thus, with .a

series of units assembled asdisclosed .in' Figs. 1 and 2, a smooth continuous" structure will be produced whichmay serve asthe ceiling of a .room, or a -roof structure. 'If desired, the usual compositefiller may be sustained on. the panels. i

The forms of the invention disclosed in Figs. 4c and 5, are adapted for use with bar joists. In connection withthe form of the invention disclosed in Fig. .4, it will be {0 observed that the unit consists of a panel 5 having upstanding hook elements 6 and 7 'which have inter-locking engagement with therslots S ill the webs of the bar joists just. above the balls of the latter. It willbe: observed thatthe hook elementsor wings of alternate units .must be of slightly increased length, so as to overlap and rest, upon thehook elements of adjacent units.

' In v 5, the unit is equivalent to the unit disclosed in 1, and consists of a sheet panel" 32 having divergent wings 3 3, which terminate in: substantially Zv-shaped hooks 34lembraci'ng the base and web of the I=beams, and havinginter-locking engagementthrough slots in the webs of the latter. One of these wings 33 is formed with an extension 35,'which extends beneathone of the I-beams to the, adjacent edge of an adjacent unit. v i

With the forms of the invention disclosedin Figs. 1 to 4 inclusive and Fig. 5 wedges 4: are provided for holding the units in place. For this purpose the adjacent wings of adjacent units areprovi ded withcoinciding transverse openings 3 through which the wedges pass, so thatthe latter will bind against the under faces of the building! beams.

In actual p actice suitable building filling between the parallel beams.

While in the present disclosure I have illustrated the units associated with parallel 5 beams it is pointed out that the invention may be used with divergent beams. Also the units can be used in conjunction with any type of beams now in use.

What is claimed is:

may be placed upon the units to fill the space l 10 1. In a building construction, a plurality of panels adapted to be arranged in end to f end relation, supporting elements carried by each of the panels and engageable with building beams to hold the panels in position,and 15 a wedge engaging the adjacent supporting elements and building beam.

2. In a structure for forming building structures, a plurality of panels having means for engagement with the beams of a 39 building, and wedge elements engageable with the adjacent ends of adjacent panels to hold the same in place.

3. In a unit for forming building structures, a panel, oppositely curved upstanding wings formed on the panel and engageable "with two adjacent building beams, and wedges engageable with the wings and beams to hold the panels in place. v

- 4. In astructurefor forming building zo structures, a plurality of panels havingmeans i for engagement with the parallel beams of building, wedge elements engageable with the adjacent "ends of adjacent panels to hold the same in place, and a filler :5 carried by each panel.

5. In a building construction, pair of panels to be arranged in end to end relation,

' upstanding Wings carried by the ends of the panelsand engageable with opposite sides of building bea1ns, the adjacent wings having coinciding transverse openings, and a Wedge element passing through the coinciding openings and engaging the beams to hold the panels rigid.

. 1; j 6. In a building unit a panel, upstanding wings carried by the ends of the panel and engageable with two adjacent building beams, eacll f the wingshaving a transverse openand a wedge insertible through each of .3 L'C the openings and adapted to engage the buildin beams to lock the anel in )lace. b P. l

FRED HALSEY. 

